28-Aug-17 The Cleveland Clinic has signed an agreement to participate in the opening of a hospital in Shanghai, its first in China. According to the Clinic, it is interested in "promoting the Cleveland Clinic's clinical expertise in new markets." [image: Science Based Medicine]

23-Aug-17 Columbia China, a 50-50 joint venture between Seattle’s Columbia Pacific Management and Singapore's Temasek, has started construction on a 500-bed multi-specialty hospital in Zhejiang Province. [image: Columbia China]

23-Aug-17 The Chinese government has made public it plans to further promote the development of the healthcare industry in order to meet the needs of the rapidly growing elderly population, including policies to encourage private medical services and foreign investors. [image: CCTV News]

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18-Aug-17 Alibaba is to launch the country’s first application of Blockchain technology in the medical sector. "It is cost effective and safe. With Blockchain, health centers and district hospitals are interconnected," said Zhang Zhihong, director at Zhenglu Town Health Center. [image: The Cointelegraph]